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Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our Church. We are fighting to-day for costly grace.
Costly Grace (1937)
Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock.
Costly Grace (1937)
It is costly because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life.
Costly Grace (1937)
Costly grace is the Incarnation of God.
Costly grace is the sanctuary of God; it has to be protected from the world, and not thrown to the dogs.
Costly Grace (1937)
An intellectual assent to that idea is held to be of itself sufficient to secure remission of sins.
Costly Grace (1937)
Grace without price; grace without cost! The essence of grace, we suppose, is that the account has been paid in advance; and, because it has been paid, everything can be had for nothing.
Costly Grace (1937)
Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man will gladly go and sell all he has. It is the pearl of great price to by which the merchant will sell all his goods.
Costly Grace (1937)
In such a Church the world finds a cheap covering for its sins; no contrition is required, still less any real desire to be delivered from sin. Cheap grace therefore amounts to a denial of the living Word of God, in fact, a denial of the Incarnation of the Word of God.
Costly Grace (1937)